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    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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    Bidefordians
  • 2 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 3 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 4 Sweets derationing

  • 5 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 6 A roof-top view - where?

  • 7 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 8 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 9

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 10 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 11 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 12 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 13 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 14 North Devon Driving School

  • 15 Devil sent packing

  • 16 First ship in 8 years

  • 17 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 18 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 19 Sight of a lifetime

  • 20 Appledore's largest

  • 21 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 22 Blanchards ad.>
  • 23 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 24 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 25 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 26 Torrington's new amenity

  • 27 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 28 Life begins at 80

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 30 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 31 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 32 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 33 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 34 Picking the pops

  • 35 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 36 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 37 Bideford loses training ship

  • 38 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 39 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 40 A bird of their own!

  • 41 Torrington children build igloo
  • 42 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 43 New Lundy stamps

  • 44 Penny for the guy

  • 45 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 46 All aboard the ark

  • 47 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 48 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 49 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 50 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 51

    Relatives all over the world
  • 52 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 53 Over the bank together>
  • 54 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 55 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 56 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 57

    Married in 1908
  • 58 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 Hartland Dancers
  • 61 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 62 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 63 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 64 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 65

    Was a missionary
  • 66 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 67 No sale of Springfield House

  • 68 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 69 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 70 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 71 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 72 Littleham family's five generations

  • 73 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 74 No laughing matter

  • 75 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 76

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 77 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 78 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 79 Some 240 exhibits

  • 80 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 81 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 82 Ten year old scrambler

  • 83 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 84 Bridging the stream

  • 85 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 86 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 87 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 88 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 89 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 90 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 91

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 92 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 93 Just over a year old

  • 94 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 95 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 96 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 97 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 98 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 99 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 100 Revenge in style

  • 101 Puppet characters introduced

  • 102

    Building works
  • 103 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 104 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 105 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 106 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 107 Capers on the cobbles

  • 108 School's link with cargo ship

  • 109 Circus comes to town

  • 110 Recognise this resort?

  • 111

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 112 Filming at Hartland

  • 113 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 114 New Post Office

  • 115 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 116 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 117 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 118 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 119 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 120

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 121 Hartland postman retires

  • 122 Some mushroom!

  • 123 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 124 Riverside mystery

  • 125 Waldon Triplets
  • 126 Last train from Torrington

  • 127 A man and his wheel

  • 128 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 129 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 130 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 131 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 132 New addition to Quay front

  • 133 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 134 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 135 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 136 New shipyard on schedule

  • 137 Off on a great adventure

  • 138

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 139 Twenty-one yachts

  • 140 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 141 Clovelly nightmare

  • 142 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 143

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 144 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 145 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 146 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 147 Variety in summer weather

  • 148 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 149 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 150

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 151 For crying out loud!

  • 152

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 153 Private home for public pump

  • 154

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 155 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 156 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 157 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 158 Happy Days!

  • 159 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 160

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 161 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 162 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 163 Artisans' Club

  • 164 Hartland's invitation

  • 165 In their new robes and hats

  • 166 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 167 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 168 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 169 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 170 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 171 Finished in 1876

  • 172 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 173 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 174 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 175 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 176 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 177 Weare Giffard potato

  • 178 Northam's almshouse

  • 179 Simple Item 138
  • 180 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 181 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 182

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 183 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 184 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 185 Ships at Bideford

  • 186 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 187 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 188 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 189 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 190 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 191 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 192 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 193 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 194 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 195 Peter poses for TV film

  • 196 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 197 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 198 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 199 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 200 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 201 The art of the thatcher

  • 202 New civic medallions

  • 203 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 204 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 205 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 206 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 207 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 208 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 209 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 210 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 211 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 212 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 213 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 214 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 215 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 216

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 217 Bideford regatta

  • 218 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 219 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 220 Out of puff!

  • 221 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 222 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 223 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 224 Can spring be far away?

  • 225

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 226 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 227 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 228 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 229 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 230 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 232 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 233 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 234 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 235 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 236 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 237 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 238 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 239 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 240 Bicycle now does donkey work

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 242 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 243 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 244 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 245 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 246 Centenary of Gazette

  • 247 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 248 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 249 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 251 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 252 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 253 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 254 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 255 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 256 Cruising down the river

  • 257 He beat the floods

  • 258 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 259

    First prize
  • 260 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 261 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 262 Bideford computer stars

  • 263

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 264 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 265 Modern living at Bideford

  • 266

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 267 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 268 Northam footballers of the future

  • 269 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 270 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 271 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 272 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 273 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 274 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 275 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 276 Pannier Market's future?

  • 277 Police station view of Bideford

  • 278 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 279 What's the time?

  • 280 Mobile missionary

  • 281 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 282 New art gallery opened

  • 283 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 284 New choral society's growing response

  • 285 So this is the mainland!

  • 286 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 287 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 288

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 289 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 290 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 291 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 292 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 293 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 294 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 295 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 296 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 297 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 298 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 299 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 300 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 301 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 302 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 303 Parkham plan realised

  • 304 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 305 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 306 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 307 Clovelly custom

  • 308 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 309

    New gateway
  • 310 End of the line

  • 311 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 312 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 313 By pony and trap to market

  • 314 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 315 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 316 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 317 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 318 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 319 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 320 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 321 Picking the pops

  • 322 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 323 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 324 A story to tell!

  • 325 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 326 When horses score over the tractor

  • 327 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 328

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 329 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 330 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 331 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 332 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 333 Service with a smile

  • 334 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 335 New look in the hayfields

  • 336 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 337 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 338 The cab at the corner>
  • 339 Burnard family reunion

  • 340 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 341 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 342 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 343 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 344 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 345 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 346 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 347 From Bobby to Brian

  • 348 Emergency ferry services

  • 349 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 350 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 351 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 352 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 353 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 354 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 355 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 356 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 357 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 358 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 359 Jumble sale fever

  • 360 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 361 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 362 Traditions and skills still there

  • 363 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 364 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 365 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 366 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 367 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 368 113 years at Instow

  • 369

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 370 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 371 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 372 The Geneva marionettes

  • 373 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 374 Caught in the act>
  • 375 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 376 Six footed lamb

  • 377 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 378 New life for Hartland organ

  • 379

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 380 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 381 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 382 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 383 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 384 All for the love of a lady!

  • 385 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 386 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 387 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 388 Loads of black and white

  • 389 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 390 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 391 School crossing patrol begins

  • 392 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 393 Warmington's garage ad

  • 394 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 395 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 396 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 397 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 398 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 399 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 400 Torrington in 1967

  • 401 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 402 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 403

    Exhibition of school work
  • 404 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 405 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 406 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 407 It really was the 'last time'

  • 408 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 409 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 410 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 411 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 412 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 413 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 414 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 415 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 416 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 417 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 418 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 419 They are parted pro-tem

  • 420 Decontrol of meat

  • 421

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 422 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

3.5.1957 Robins win Hansen Cup

Robins Win The Hansen Cup

May 3rd, 1957

Bideford AFC pictured with the Hansen Cup after they had defeated Bude 2-1 in the final

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and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

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  • Torrington May Fair Queen and Her Attendants

    Names from left to right:Joan Ricketts; Joan Newcombe; Jean Wernhem; Margaret Sweet; Enid Ovenden; Rona Elsworthy; Doris Short; (back row);
    Eileen Short; Miss Margery Bennett (Queen); Joyce Downman; David Fiddian (Page); Peggie Sussex;

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  • Christmas Eve at the Front

    An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

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  • Seafield House - the "Spooky House" of Westward Ho!

    The house on the cliff edge known locally as ‘Spooky House’ or even ‘Haunted House’ , was built about 1885.

    The road was especially built to enable access to the house and was initially known as Seafield Road; later it became Merley Road.

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1911 Coronation Medal

Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911   Learn More

The Hoops Inn

The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach

The Quay at Appledore

Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet 

 
Wynne Olley

Crowning Glory

12 October 1962

Their finest achievement to date...

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Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

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Instow local art show was ‘tremendous success’

Over 100 pictures from all ages

Over a hundred pictures, all the work of artists living in Instow and the immediate neighbourhood of Westleigh and Yelland, most of whom had not exhibited before, were on view at the Rifle Hall, Instow on Saturday.

The idea of the exhibition, organised by Mrs Katharine Tottenham, was to show the unknown talent among the residents of the local community. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr Ronald Duncan, poet, writer and farmer of Welcombe.

25 October 1957 Instow local art show was tremendous success

In the picture, Mr Ronald Duncan congratulates 11 year old Terry Curtis on his work. From left to right: Mrs K. Tottenham, Mrs J. Louden (assistant organiser), Terry Curtis, Mr R. Duncan, Mr Henry Williamson, Mrs Duncan.

Gazette article 25 October 1957

 

Torridge ‘graveyard’ of wooden hulks

Old ships left to rot

These once proud wooden vessels, stripped of masts and superstructure, are left to rot and decay in what was once their home water. The presence of these hulks up and down the Torridge has given rise to concern for the danger they may cause, as they break up, to other craft using the river.

18 October 1957 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

Seen in the picture are (from left to right) the ketch ‘Maude’, the schooner ‘Margaret Hobley’, the bow of the ketch ‘H.F. Bolt’, the ketch ‘Ketch’ and in the background the schooner ‘Welcome’.

Gazette article 18 October 1957

 

Yeo Vale road ruin provides a mystery

Ruins on Bideford-Bradworthy road

Peeping from the edge of a wood on rising land above the Bideford-Bradworthy road opposite Yeo Vale are these picturesque ivy-clad ruins.

6 September 1957 Yeo Vale Road ruin

The chapel used to stand on the lawn at the left-hand side of the path leading up to Yeo Vale House but remains of the building were removed to their present side by Mrs Morrison, widow of the Rev. Hooper Morrison in about 1820, perhaps to provide a landscape feature to be viewed from the house. In the east wall and seen on the right of our picture is the tombstone of William Gifford, Justice of the King’s Bench, who died on December 12th, 1400.

Gazette article 6 September 1957

 

 

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